“Now I am giving a landscape a name, a place, a location.” The documentary Finding the Landscape explores the renewed encounter between photographer Chrystel Lebas and the area surrounding Wittenberg, in the German region of Saxony-Anhalt. Through long-exposure and panoramic film photography, Lebas documents and reveals transformations in the natural environment shaped by ecological and human interactions. Originally invited to investigate the region through a map dating from 1723, the artist returns to the site with an exhibition of her large-format photographs, reflecting on themes of climate change, nature, and global warming. Filmed primarily on 16mm, the short documentary follows the exhibition inside the Hofgestüt complex in Bleesern, a Baroque-era stable house that once served as a centre of economic power and is now being transformed into a cultural venue. Immersed in the artist’s creative process, we are invited to see the landscape through a different lens and to reflect on the role of artists in recording environmental change.
Filmmaker details: Carlos Vin Lopes
Master’s Degree in Visual Communication at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee – Germany (2012-2016) DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship Holder for Visual Communication at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee – Germany (2012-2014) Bacharel Degree in Social & Visual Communication at Universidade Salvador – Brazil (2005-2009)
GRUPPPO STUDIO – BERLIN, GERMANY (2022 – )
Co-Founder of the Image-Making, Film & Storytelling Studio Grupppo. CATALYST INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY – BERLIN, GERMANY (2024 – ) Professor of Image Composition, Narrative and Storyboarding for the Bachelor degree students at Catalyst Berlin. PASSAGE – SAXONY-ANHALT, GERMANY (2021 – ) Responsible for the visual materials and films for the annual Artist-in-Residence Passage, which addresses questions of sustainability in rural areas in Germany.
WHERE IS ZU HAUSE? – BERLIN, GERMANY (2020) A creative workshop with refugee children and their families by combining their drawings with graphic annotations made from natural materials and elements and everyday objects.
THE WORLDROOMS FILMS – BERLIN, GERMANY (2014 – 2019) Film director, writer and graphic designer for the film production company The Worldrooms Film. THEATER ACKER STADT PALAST – BERLIN, GERMANY (2014 – 2016) Filmmaker and graphic designer for artistic projects at the theater Acker Stadt Palast.